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Further articles about the Arsenic problem can be found in United States national institute of health website [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16395480 1], [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18983000 2]. | Further articles about the Arsenic problem can be found in United States national institute of health website [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16395480 1], [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18983000 2]. | ||
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Revision as of 10:22, 25 October 2010
Arsenic Side projectInorganic arsenic is a potent human carcinogen and toxicant which people are exposed to mainly via drinking water and food. While originally thought that it is not a global problem, according to research presented at the annual Royal Geographical Society meeting in London in 2007 the problem is bigger than earlier suspected, and it affects nearly 140 million people in more than 70 countries. For the full story read here
The current situation of the arseinc problem in the drinking water of the south east region of Hungary can be found here:Arsenic in drinking water and mortality in the Southern Great Plain, Hungary Although Hungary has already invested huge sums of money to reduce arsenic levels in the water the strict European threshold value is still not reached by the drinking water in some places. We decided that the undergraduate students of our team should focus on the testing of the iGEM Biobrick componenets of the 2010 distribution and test it on water samples collected by Lilla Ozgyin in Bekescsaba.
Locations of the collection:
Further articles about the Arsenic problem can be found in United States national institute of health website 1, 2.
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